Information Skills Team Manager

At the Royal College of Nursing we’re an optimistic organisation. And we’ve got good reason to be. We all share the same voice when it comes to changing the shape of the health policies of the future. And as the largest trade union of nursing staff and students in the UK – with over half a million members – all we can see are the infinite possibilities for a brighter future. Join us and you will too.

The role
As our Information Skills Manager you’ll use your positive attitude, knowledge and experience of information literacy, health librarianship, and delivering excellent teaching to library users to lead the Information Skills Team. You’ll help lead the library service to serve our visitors, members, and staff to the highest standard.

It's a job full of possibilities as you will be involved in anything from recruitment and developing professional staff to developing our information literacy offer. We'll look to you to be responsible for developing our information literacy support resources and session, to oversee the smooth delivery of our popular literature search service and work closely with relevant teams. You will also oversee the smooth delivery of our popular literature search service and help develop the service in line with our strategic priorities. It’s a great way to build your knowledge of our work and to develop your potential.

The person

To join us you’ll need library information management skills including staff management, experience of teaching and learning in a library setting, and a background in a university, health or research/special library. Whatever your background, you'll be efficient, accurate and demonstrate a customer focus in all you do.

We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.

Closing date: 11.59pm, 8 March 2026.
Selection dates: 19 March 2026.

We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.

Equal opportunities for everyone
Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.

As proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.

Contact details
For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Cathryn Peppard, Head of Library and Museum on +44 20 7647 3433.

For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact recruit@rcn.org.uk

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